Uropappus

Uropappus, commonly called silverpuffs, is a genus of North American plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3][4] Some authors accept only one species, U. lindleyi, and separate Stebbinsoseris.[5]

Species[1][6]

• Uropappus kellogii Greene - CA AZ, Baja California
• Uropappus lindleyi (DC.) Nutt. - Canada (BC), United States (WA OR CA NV ID UT AZ NM TX SC)[7][8]
• Uropappus pruinosus Greene - NM

formerly included[1]

• Uropappus clevelandii - Microseris heterocarpa
• Uropappus heterocarpus - Microseris heterocarpa
• Uropappus kelloggii - Microseris heterocarpa
• Uropappus leucocarpus - Microseris heterocarpa

Silverpuffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cichorieae[1]
Subtribe:	Microseridinae
Genus:	Uropappus Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
Microseris sect. Calocalais (DC.) A.Gray Calais sect. Calocalais DC.

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 424–425 in English
3. Tropicos, Uropappus Nutt.
4. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1951 Jepson -U.
5. Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 322, Uropappus Nuttall
6. The Plant List search for Uropappus
7. Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Uropappus lindleyi". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
8. "Uropappus lindleyi". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-30.

External links

• Media related to Uropappus lindleyi at Wikimedia Commons
• Calflora Database: Uropappus lindleyi (Silver puffs)
• CalPhotos gallery of Uropappus lindleyi (Silver puffs) images — University of California, Berkeley.